I think everyone see's the point of why NLU is number one, but it'll forever be disputed cause of the politics behind the song, and how sites like Complex are basically forcing it's place in history.

5 to 1 intro into Takeover is tough ngl

Absolutely. A lotta s*** goin on in the game right now would not fly in that era

Hov was enjoying a nice birthday party fulls of smiles and champagne poppin, then he suddenly enters the club thinkins hes gonna get a cake and starts hearing tupac say F*** JAY Z

Drake was at that white party mad as f*** he heard a mustard beat 40 feet from him unable to say s*** to the white man

Kendrick performing NLU at the Super Bowl wouldn't have been respected at all, and it's barely respected now,(I didn't like it)

Agree to disagree brother

Y’all try so hard to be different on here man, no one is spinning that Real G’z s*** man, they’re on there calling Dre a flaggot and other homophobic shlock

NLU is more entertaining and engaging as a song, just because you got tired of hearing it doesn’t make it oversaturated

No one wants to talk about NLU??

Who in real life still want to talk about ether that much in your personal life?

More enjoyable song ig

I used to be on the Takeover is better than Ether train but I relistened awhile ago and Nas was just a lot more vicious on that song compared to Takeover tbh, Takeover has some really slick lines though

I feel ya, but the beef turned into a PR stunt after that in my opinion. You can barely find live performances of Ether/Takeover online, Nas/Hov didn't go on Letterman to discuss their beef. Kendrick won, but under industry rules

No one lmao, these niggas try too hard to seem cultured on here

It’s like when niggas try to sit there and say Hit Em Up is the greatest diss track ever as if they sit through those s***ty OutLawz verses after Pac comes in

Complex in big 2025

I lowkey wish Nassir got the green light to do his summer jam performance as originally intended

Maybe they’re just saying Takeover is the better record which a lot of people have argued even though Nas won.

Really it comes down to the beat. I mean it’s Kanye lol. Takeover beat is better than Ether.

Ether beat sound harder to me now though.

Jay wasn't gonna go for that lol

Yea it might’ve even been too morbid/controversial for hot 97

Kendrick d*** eating at an all time high

Beef back then meant that the on-wax stuff could be dropped at any moment and took to the streets. There was real politics in this s*** and rappers had to navigate accordingly.

“Complex’s Top…”

Complex stay doing this when it comes to ranking. Gets people engaged and talking.

Yea I was too young at the time but remember my cousins always talking about how dangerous s*** was back then compared to now

Back 2 back is too high

I mean, beef in Hip Hop has never been about who's the best rapper. It was always about having the most respect in the industry/streets. Kendrick turning beef into commercialism is just a sign of the times, but the Super Bowl s*** just disqualified him in so many ways.